Cultivator attachment



May 25 1926. 1,586,495

J. N. WATTS CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT Filed July 1925 JKL J v 7 BY I ATTORNEY.

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I This'invention relatesto cultivator'attachments and pertainsparticularly to acornbined weeding and hOeing deVice adaptedto be fixed to and across two a of a cultivator .niachiner 'llhe primary, object of-this invention is the provision, in a inanuer as hereinafter set forth, of a device mounted upon, a ,culti}, vator as I described and designed to cut-away 1Q weeds from both sidesiof a hill andat the same time to hoe up. the dirt upon each side of a hill and bank the same aboutthe plant;

' as the cultivator passes-thereover g with a pair of standards by means of which the 'blades aresecured to the; shanks ofa cultivator machine the angled points I 2C converg ng and n spaced relation. These blades aregdesigned to travel on :each side,

ofthe' plant hill to cut away any weeds 'whichinightlbegrowing there;lEachibladej, I v p I formsnopart of the presentinvention,

I is providedwithan angled member, the said angled members havlng their free fiends] conandactingas the cultivator moves alongthe hill to rake or hoe up the dirt upon either side of the hill and bankthesame about 3 the plant.

A further and final object of this inven- I I 1 providea cutting edge. The forward end of tion is the provision, in'a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a device of the character described which Will be of simple "construe-1 tion, strong and durable, easily and quickly y i applied and removedfrom a cultivator inachine, efficient 'for the purpose intended and inexpensive tofmanufacture. I V The invention will be best understood from a consideration oflthe followingdetailed description taken in connection with no material departure from the salient features of the inventionasiexpressed in the appended claim. In the drawing Figure 1 shows in. side' elevation a portion of the rear ofa cultivator showingthe device embodying this invention secured to the cultivator shanks. I Fi gure'2 is a top plan view of the above or more shanks I 'The invention contemplates the provision 15 of a pair-of'steel cuttingbladeshavingtaperedor angled points and each provided" The usual seat structure I '6,{Isupported across the central portion of verging toward the rearof the cultivatorv I I I blades are usuallyused 111 pairs and areexe Each blade is of substantial length as is f E H I F f ULIA r- BAILEY cvmvieomtmcmsm 1 f I Y 5 Application fileduuiy 10,1925; Seria1ili o. 42,747

mentioned rear portioncultivator showng the elements embodying this invention [in plan -w- I viewsfthere is indicated bythe numeralgl 1 the supportingbeains ofa cultivator for sup porting the shanks V2- in':{ position. These shanks areshiftably held byznieansof jclip's 1 3' and attheglower "end of each of the shanks there is pivotally isecured the lfoot & to which aplowasuch" aszthat indicated by the numeral 5 isattached. o I f I '7 is indicatedat;

the cultivatorlbyathe supportingflstrap which strap; in turnjis supported'fby the '15, v

actly alike andthe description will becon fined to one only.

shown andhasone edge bevelled as at 10 to eachblade-is triangularly', shaped andthe angled edge is also bevelled to provide the" cuttingedge '11. A pair-ofapertures 12 is formed in the blade "adjacent each end thereof and secured, to the blade by a pair of securing screws 13 which are'passed through ,these apertures ;are supporting brackets 1ft and '15 respectively. r

These brackets each comprise a horizontal portion 514 {and l5; and an obtusely ,angled'upwardly extending portion l t? and 315i. The portionl of the bracket 14 is r :ofles's' length than the portion '15 of the I bracket lfi and the inclined portions lt and :15 i f are designed to be secured each to one of the feet 4;, after the shovel 5 has, been removed therefrom, by means of J bolts 16, the curved portion of Which-BX:

tends behind the foot while the shankeX- tends through apertures :17 formed inthe inclined; portion of the vsecuring brackets.

When the cuttingblades ,9 arein position I upon the vcultivator, they assume the relative 1w positions shown in" Figure 2, the bevelled angled pointed portion being in convergent spaced relation.

The-portien of; the bracket, 15; ispr o vided with an additional aperture 18- by means of which an adjustment can be made in the relation of'the elements. 4

Each blade is provided with an addition al aperture rearwardly of the forward aperture 12 and this aperture is designed to rece ve a retaining screw 19 lllcll passes through one end of an elongated angled member indicated as a whole by the numeral 20. This angled member constitutes a hoeing device and comprises a relatively long flat portion 21 which is designed to scoop up the earth and this portion is extended to meet the blade 9 and is secured thereto by the screw 18. Formed at right angles to this portion is an up-standing back portion 22 which is of less length than the portion 21, as shown in Figure 3,

and serves to prevent the earth passing over'the top of the portion 21 thus guiding the sameofi'of'the open end and allowing it topile up around the plants in the row being Worked,

The hoeing. elements 20, as shown in Figure 3, areiset at an acute angle with respect to the cutting'blad'es 9 andv when the blades are in convergent relation as shown in Figure 2,;the free ends ofthe hoeing elements 'also converge beneath-the central portion ofthe cultivator. Therear ends ot the hoe mg elements are in spaced relation as are the cutting blades 9. and after the cutting bladeshave' removed all weeds from the sides ofthe hill being;-worked, the hoeing elements work up the earthv on each. side ot the hill and the back boards 22 of the hoeing elements force the earth over toward the center, of the hill about the plant.

The hoeing elements are also adjustably seculiedi to. the blades 9 for the screw 18 which retains the elements connected with the blades can be passed through the adjacent one of the apertures 12 to change the position of p the hoeing elements.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that tl'ierehas been provided .adjustably secured adjacent'each end ot each blade to secure the blades in forwardly convergent relation beneath a cultivator, a hoe elementjcomprising an elongated fiat portion adjust-ablysecured' at one end to each blade and extending inwardlyand rearwardl'y therefrom, and a back board extending vertically along the rear edge of each fiat portion to cause earth to be worked inwardlytoward a center row formed be tween theinner ends of the hoeing element.

In testimony whereof-- I afii'x my signa ture hereto.

JAMES N. lVATTS. 

